16 Lee Correctional Riot

Josh talks with guests Steve Bailey of the Post & Courier and Victoria McKenzie of the Crime Report about the Lee Correctional Facility Riot.

The Lee riot was the deadliest prison riot in 25 years, resulting in 7 dead and many more injured.

Steve Bailey has written many articles about the problems with the prison system in South Carolina including this article which preceded the riot but predicted something terrible was building.

Victoria, writing on assignment for CBS News, wrote one of the better articles I have seen about the Lee Correctional Riot.

The articles that angered me included this article from Newsweek and this article from Greenville Online.

I was also angered by this article quoting South Carolina's governor Henry McMaster (I believe I said his name incorrectly a few times).

There were some good details that could be gleaned from some of the great journalism, unfortunately, most of the reporting was simply a recitation of the official story about the riot.